From: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 12:03:27 -0800
> Commit 6ce29b0e2a04 ("gianfar: Avoid unnecessary reg accesses in
> adjust_link()")
> eliminates unnecessary calls to adjust_link for phy devices which don't
> support
> interrupts and need polling. As part of that work, the 'new_state' local flag,
> which was used to reduce logging noise on the console, was eliminated.
>
> Unfortunately, that means that a 'Link is Down' log message will now be
> issued continuously if a link is configured as UP, the link state is down,
> and the associated phy requires polling. This occurs because priv->oldduplex
> is -1 in this case, which always differs from phydev->duplex. In addition,
> phydev->speed may also differ from priv->oldspeed. gfar_update_link_state()
> is therefore called each time a phy is polled, even if the link state did not
> change.
>
> Cc: Claudiu Manoil <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.
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